Before we delve into the steep challenge that awaits Nebraska as it begins the Big Ten Conference men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday, let’s revisit a track record of teams overcoming adversity to do the improbable: Win a tournament title.
Nobody expected last-place Georgia to win four games in four days in the 2008 Southeastern Conference Tournament, let alone three games in a 30-hour time period. Thanks to a tornado that forced the tournament to relocate and reschedule, that's exactly what Georgia did. The Bulldogs played two games in one day before clinching the title.
In 2017, Michigan arrived the morning of its Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game with Illinois in Washington, D.